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These women may be best known as TV stars and sirens of the silver screen, but behind the scenes, they're accomplished women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). For Girls in Science, a website where young girls can learn about STEM c...

In a memo titled "This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For," the Obama White House formally (and finally!) responded Friday to a petition asking to secure the resources to begin construction on a Death Star by 2016. Sorry, Dark Side suppor...

The Big Apple has gotten the Lego treatment before, but not like this. Motion designer and 3D artist J.R. Schmidt created this unthinkably detailed map of New York City. In Lego. To scale. J.R. took satellite imagery, then simplified the map down to ...

Five years ago, Amazon pushed reading into the digital age with the release of the Kindle. It certainly wasn't the first e-reader to hit the market, but thanks to the online retailer's huge online book library, it arguably became the most popular. Si...

Storing all your photos in one online basket is never a good idea. Should you want to migrate to another social media account or delete your profile or if your friends are about to delete their profiles, you'll want to ensure albums and tagged photos...

No one anticipated the iPhone's meteoric rise when it was first introduced in 2007. Critics complained that, unlike the BlackBerry, the touchscreen phone was too hard to type on. It was too expensive. And it had to be on the AT&T network. Little did ...

Plan on using flight time to catch up on forgotten emails? Avoid the heartache of stepping onto an airplane only to discover it's Wi-Fi-less by checking the online status of your plane in advance. Here's today's handy travel tip. Before Booking If yo...

It seems as though there are a million ways to make an iPhone image look like a Polaroid picture online, so why not take it one step further and make the snap a true Polaroid? The Impossible Instant Lab can transform any digital picture trapped in yo...

We've all heard of the popular Reddit subsections like AskReddit or IAMA, where each has more than 1 million subscribers. But there are plenty of awesome less-famous subreddits that deserve more credit. Here are a few of our favorites. 1. Chemicalrea...

The next time you put on your headphones, take a break from the Billboard Top 100 and turn the dial to podcasts. Beyond a passing fad, this form of digital media offers audio and video episodes delivered to your device, often free of charge. Whether ...

Back in the day before Facebook, there was a time when one of the only ways to share digital photos was through email. That adds up to years of photos lost in various email accounts, hidden between hundreds of pieces of spam and daily deal messages. ...

The world's waiting with bated breath this weekend as NASA attempts to safely land its most ambitious rover ever, Curiosity, on Mars. Launched from Earth in November 2011 and measuring 10 feet long, nine feet wide, and seven feet tall at its highest ...

With the best of the best competing against one another, photo finishes are inevitable in the Olympic Games -- which makes high-tech, extremely accurate time measurements crucial. How do those highly precise times come about? Thanks to Science of the...

Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter, turns 23 today. While he may be a Hollywood leading man and a top-earning superstar, we found that Radcliffe has a bit of an adorable side where his geekdom shines bright. We dug up a video from BBC Worldwid...

Bored? Love Batman? Want to draw? Yes to all the above? Well, Blind as a Batman is your solution -- not to mention the perfect way to kill time and get you ready for The Dark Knight Rises, which hits theaters July 20. With one click, you will be give...

As someone who starred in two of the most classically geeky movie series of all time Star Wars and Indiana Jones -- Harrison Ford has cemented himself as a legendary icon in the sci-fi world. Those roles have made him one seriously celebrated geek. I...

The business of building your own website may seem a bit daunting, but we've outlined some of the key steps to make it a simpler, more streamlined process. Getting Started Whether you're starting a personal blog or designing a site to go along with a...

While it seems we can't live without our iPhones, they certainly have a habit of eating through their batteries at inopportune moments. While some Apple customers have vocalized feeling constantly at odds with the battery life of the iPhone 4S, there...

This week, Sony announced the launch of its new Google TV set-top box, the NSZ-GS7 Internet player, giving us one more option for watching TV and movies minus the cable box. If you'd like to shift content from your small-screen laptop to the giant fl...

Roominate is a brand-new toy designed to encourage a passion for math, science and creativity in young girls -- a DIY "dollhouse" that kids can build, design and wire with electricity. The creators, Alice Brooks, Bettina Chen and Jennifer Kessler, al...

During the WWDC keynote, Apple announced that the Fall launch of iOS 6 will include a major update to FaceTime, the brand's video calling service. The upgrade to the latest operating system will let FaceTime users place calls on their cellular networ...

Whenever a new Apple product is announced, we're eager to get the latest and greatest the tech innovator has to offer. But is the new Retina Display MacBook Pro worth shelling out more than $2,000 when your current still works just fine? We've given ...

Traditionally, the bride and groom share gifts to celebrate their marriage - and for those of you who plan to marry a fellow geek, we've gathered some original, thoughtful present ideas to help you check off one more to-do. Here are 10 creative optio...

A day at the beach is the perfect chance to capture carefree memories, but the brightness of the sun reflecting off the sand and water doesn't often yield the best photographic results. Before you start snapping away, take a look at three common beac...

Remember when disposable cameras were a regular wedding standby? Thanks to technology, photo sharing has definitely grown easier. Long gone are the days of having to develop film, make copies, and send prints to friends. Now it's as simple as snappin...

Can the power of Reddit translate to Billboard success? A group of Redditors are trying to churn out the next hit pop song, and updates on their progress can be viewed on Reddit Top of the Pops, a new subreddit created for the purposes of collaborati...

An annual star event, called the Lyrid meteor shower will be lighting up the sky late Saturday and early Sunday morning. The meteor shower kicks-off in the Northeastern sky at midnight local time. Even if your sky is overcast, NASA has you covered - ...

How do you feel about wedding websites? Some people find them a good outlet for narcissism, while others find them to be a helpful guide during modern digital times. Sure, tossing 600 photos of yourself on your wedding website with an accompanying st...

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